... by Kundo Koyama, in a bid to draw tourists to the region after the Kyushu Shinkansen line opened. He has beaten Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty and other mascots as the nation’s most favorite mascot. The b ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-20
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on April 19. Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version中文版] -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/JP/CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-19
Hong Kong had an Internet Finance Summit in the city last weekend, with top industry players in attendance. Now, it's time to ask this question: what progress has the territory achieved in financial t ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-19
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on April 15. Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version 中文版] -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/DY/RA ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
... t of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, have switched to a more optimistic note and said China’s economy has already come out of the woods. On Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund nudged up its for ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-14
... e as Hong Kong's chief executive in July 2012. A year after taking the top post, Leung named Fang Fang, JPMorgan’s former CEO of investment banking for China, as a member of the Commission on Strategi ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-14
Two entrepreneurs at a startup company in Hong Kong have raised nearly HK$200 million (US$25.8 million) from crowdfunding website Kickstarter and venture capital funds to produce smart coffee machines ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
Hong Kong government launched the so-called Sandwich Class Housing Scheme in the 1990s. But the scheme was halted in the new millennium following a housing market crash. Recently, the government unve ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-12
... for Hong Kong, as mainland tourists could curb their spending here, causing further damage to the city's tourism and retail sectors. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on April 1 ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
... ger. Hong Kong, one of the world’s great horse racing centers, is not suitable for breeding horses, because of the natural environment. And it’s quite rare for listed companies to get involved in the ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on April 7. Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version 中文版] -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/DY/CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
Many people in Hong Kong would associate Panama with the 1989 blockbuster movie God of Gamblers (賭神). One character in the movie said, “I have a friendship with the president of Panama.” In fact, Hong ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
... ngs, Hong Kong’s housing prices, the candidates for chief executive, and so on. It was quite an unusual move for the firm. Most listed companies treat post-results news conferences as routine. While H ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-24
... zhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect this year. In addition, Beijing has seemingly changed its stance toward developing the stock markets. The long-awaited launch of a strategic emerging industry board on the ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
... said Hong Kong does not have legal definitions to organic produce, and as such, no laws are violated if a vegetable sample is found to have excessive pesticides. Lau Lai-kwan, from the Sustainable Eco ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
... n of Hong Kong Nursing Staff, which counts one in six nurses in the city as members, said in an open letter in major newspapers Wednesday that nurses are highly unsatisfied with the lack of sufficient ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
... spital in Kowloon, where he remains in critical condition. Union Hospital said it is investigating the incident. Checks on instruments used in the surgery showed they functioned smoothly, it said. The ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
... or Health Ko Wing-man, who visited Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Wednesday, said the government is considering several measures to respond to the situation, such as transferring less serious cases to re ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
There’s nothing new under the sun. The rapid increase of Shenzhen’s home prices reminds me of Hong Kong in 1997. Home prices in Shenzhen rose 53 percent within a year. New homes are being sold at an ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
Using sociologist Max Weber's theory, the people of Hong Kong can be categorized into four classes: the billionaires, the upper middle class, the lower middle class and the grass roots. Obviously, the ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
